Good evening, it's Thursday September 12th. This is the Jive at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of nighttime programming here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. By day, WESU offers talk radio from NPR and Pacifica, as well as independent and local public affairs sources. Weeknights and weekends our student and community volunteers bring you the best in free-form programming.
I'm JCherry producer and host of VOICE of the CITY,Tuesday from 8-9PM, Showcasing live and local music, arts, and culture., Thanx for tuning in!
Here is some of what is happening in our area this week:
Friday night from 8 to 10 pm in Middletown, at the Buttonwood Tree The Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio will play music ranging from New Orleans traditional
jazz, blues, Americana, and folk. www.buttonwood.org
Up in Hartford at Black Eyed Sally’s, Liviu’s Invitational plays on Thursday. Friday , Mark Hummel’s Blues Survivors perform at Sally’s. Saturday night, Sally’s hosts Cosmos Sunshine & Righteous Continental from 8:30-11:30pm. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight Dany Laj and the Looks will headline a bill including Dusty Hat. Friday’s weekly live music Happy Hour set is with Jenny Parrott. Later Friday Night, Fernando Pinto presents Tex-Mex star Augie Meyers (Texas Tornados) & The Bandoleros along with Steve Mednick & Hard Road. Café Nine Weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Garry Grippo and friends. Saturday night’s main event is the Ideat Village Rock Lottery Band Drawing which involves musicians being randomly grouped together for a one-off gig and will have three weeks to practice and return on October 4th and 5th to perform for their challenge. At 9pm Saturday night, Café Nine will host its 25th Anniversary Tribute to Pulp Fiction with Renegade Lounge. The Café Nine Sunday Matinee brings The Grand Par Lauren Michaud and they round out the weekend Sunday night with a bill featuring Dear Rabbit, Rickolous, An Historic, and Squalloscope http://www.cafenine.com/
At The State House in New Haven tonigh Michael Nau with Erin Durant, and S. G Carlson. Friday night The Statehouse features an assortment psychedelic, folk, Americana, and indie rock with The Go Rounds, The Right Offs, and Elison Jackson. www.statehousepresents.com
The Arch Street Tavern brings Boo-Yah’s weekly Free Funk.
Friday, the Bushnell Park Beer Garden happens from 4-8pm. Later Friday night bring Improv Comedy to the Sea Tea Comedy Theater. Friday and Saturday nights there will be Full Moon Hike at Riverside Park.
Saturday the 24th Annual LEVAS Gospel Festival and Fair can be found as well as Hartford’s Pride Festival 2019 from 12:00pm-6pm. The Small State Great Beer event on Saturday features brews from various Connecticut breweries. The Red Rock Tavern will host its Sensual Salsa Saturdays. www.hartford.com/events
On Friday night, the College Street Music Hall will present The Gypsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes and Tonino Baliardo. At the Space Ballroom tomorrow night, Manic Presents Lucy Dacus shareing a bill with Quinn Christopherson, and Taylor Janzen. Friday night, Barns Courtney plays at the Space Ballroom. Premiere CONCERTS AND MANIC PRESENTS bring Deerhunter + Dirty Projectors to the Wall Street Theatre. Additionally, they’ve got Grace Vander Waal: Ur so beautiful Tour at the College Street Music Hall on Saturday www.manicpresents.com
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore, hosts an evening event with Elissa Altman on her book "Motherland" on Thursday and they will be having a tag sale on Saturday.
Coming up this weekend, Wesleyan Potters is hosting a wire weaving class with Joy Raskin, and
every Wednesday until October 23, they are also hosting a tapestry weaving class.
At Infinity Hall in Hartford tonight/on Thursday and Friday, Boyfriend.
At Infinity Norfolk, on Friday you can catch Ana Popovic and on Saturday, Albert Cummingson. www.infinityhall.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts Anamorph on Thursday and on Friday, the Entierro take the stage. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways is now showing 4 highly rated movies; David Crosby: Remember My
Name, Cold Case Hammarskjold, Mike Wallace is Here, and Honeyland offering one screening
of each movie every day through Thursday. www.realartways.org
Tomorrow, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford concludes their spotlight on The Last Black Man in San Francisco. Tonight they will offer a one-time screening of Live in Cinemas:
Margaret Atwood. On Thursday for their September Queer Film Thursday, Cinestudio will be showing
My Day of Mercy. http://www.cinestudio.org/
5:05-6:30pmHomegrown with Robbie DeRosa
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Conversations with artists (musicians, composers, visual artists, poets, writers, choreographers,
dancers, etc.) and regional arts promoters, as well as the occasional music hour - "where the arts
bend with the river through Middletown"
Homegrown is the award winning (2019 Best Radio Personality-Hartford Courant/CTNow)
Connecticut Connected Music Show-playing Connecticut connected artists of multiple genres.
Often treating the listeners to pre-release material and in studio interviews with artists, the
show also provides information about live shows in the area.
6:30-8pm
Imagine with Karen Stein
Peace through music! Listen to the best music from around the world and around the block!
8:00-9:30pm
Evening Jazz with Bill Denert
A broad range of swing, be bop and avante garde with a sprinkling of new releases. "Hearing is the best experience"
9:30-11pm
(1,3,5) Books Toujours with DJ Arctic PenguinBooks Toujours is forever and only about books. Fiction, non-fiction, and roman à clef, we discuss them all with guests each show.
(2,4) An A and a B with DJ N
Every band has its hits - and a multitude of unknown, hidden gems. Songs played per band (70s- 2000s rock) seek to highlight this dichotomy.
11-midnight
(1, 3, 5) Jazzalicious Definition with DJ Stocks’n’Socks and MC Magee
(2, 4) The Holland Tunnel with DJ Goosegg
Hidden gems and sleeper hits from New York and New Jersey artists, new and old.
midnight-1am
(1, 3, 5) Middletown by Moonlight with DJ Monsoon Moon
A tour of the rare and obscure best albums from around the globe that you wish you had known before.
(2,4) TJI: This Just In with Sasha Linden-Cohen and Steph Dukich
Providing soundtracks and reactions to the most eye-popping news stories of the week.
1-2am
Isn’t Life Strange with Lil Kugel
Songs of any and all genres that epitomize our pasts, define our present selves, and predict our futures.
Imagine with Karen Stein
Peace through music! Listen to the best music from around the world and around the block!
8:00-9:30pm
Evening Jazz with Bill Denert
A broad range of swing, be bop and avante garde with a sprinkling of new releases. "Hearing is the best experience"
9:30-11pm
(1,3,5) Books Toujours with DJ Arctic PenguinBooks Toujours is forever and only about books. Fiction, non-fiction, and roman à clef, we discuss them all with guests each show.
(2,4) An A and a B with DJ N
Every band has its hits - and a multitude of unknown, hidden gems. Songs played per band (70s- 2000s rock) seek to highlight this dichotomy.
11-midnight
(1, 3, 5) Jazzalicious Definition with DJ Stocks’n’Socks and MC Magee
(2, 4) The Holland Tunnel with DJ Goosegg
Hidden gems and sleeper hits from New York and New Jersey artists, new and old.
midnight-1am
(1, 3, 5) Middletown by Moonlight with DJ Monsoon Moon
A tour of the rare and obscure best albums from around the globe that you wish you had known before.
(2,4) TJI: This Just In with Sasha Linden-Cohen and Steph Dukich
Providing soundtracks and reactions to the most eye-popping news stories of the week.
1-2am
Isn’t Life Strange with Lil Kugel
Songs of any and all genres that epitomize our pasts, define our present selves, and predict our futures.
Jazzalicious strives to expose listeners to new artists, instruments, cultures, and genres that
have been influenced by traditional jazz music. It defies the mainstream definition of jazz and
expands it for a broader audience with a range of musical interests.
2-3am
The Hour of Slack
The Hour of Slack
Reverend Ivan Stang presents his own commentary, along with recorded material from all
SubGenius radio and stage shows, bands, ranters, media barrage collage artists, and selections
from the indie audio underground created by various SubGenii and others
3-4am
Rounding out the night from 4-5am is the BBC World Report offering International news coverage and we kick off each weekday at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.
That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings a rundown of evening programming on WESU Middletown!
Thanks for listening. Now stay tuned for Homegrown with Rob DeRosa up next.
That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings a rundown of evening programming on WESU Middletown!
Thanks for listening. Now stay tuned for Homegrown with Rob DeRosa up next.
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